Finger-guard for sewing-machines



A. MISKE.

FINGER GUARD FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.30| I919.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

UNITED STAT E S PATENT OFFICE.v

ADOLPH MISKE, 0F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T0 EUGENE E BOLIN AND ONE-THIRD TO JAMES E. ELEY, BOTH OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

FINGER-GUARD FOR SEWIN G-MACHIN ES.

Application filed September 30, 1919.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ADoLPH Mislin, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-Guards for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to finger guards for sewing machines and has for an object to provide an improved form of guard, which is attached directly to the head of the machine, guarding the fingers of the operator against contact with the reciprocating needle and at the same time permitting continued observation of the needle and comparative unobstruction to threading.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part hereof,.and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the guard, applied to a conventional sewing machine,

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the guard, ilzaken at an angle different from that of Fig. 3 is a View of the device in front elevation as indicated by arrow 3 at Figs. 1 and 2, and

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view as indicated by arrow 4 at Figs. 2 and 3.

The improved finger guard which forms the subject matter of this application, comprises a plate 10, slotted at 11, with means for securing the plate 10 in front of the needle 12 of the sewing machine, indicated conventionally at 13. The manner of securing the plate, or guard, in front of the needle will vary according to the make-up of the sewing machine to which it is attached. Ordinarily it will comprise a plate 14: which will be attached to the front face of the head of the machine in any approved manner, as by a screw 15. The plate 14 will normally be a right angular offset from the plate 16, to which the plate 10 is directly attached. Normally, also, the plate 10 will be offset from the plate 16 by a curved shoulder 17 which provides for a perforation 18 communicating with the slot 11.

The length of the plate 10 will correspond .substantially with the interval between the front face ofthe head of the sewing machine and the upward limit of movement of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '2', 1e20.

Serial No. 327,447.

mit the thread to pass downwardly'through the groove 23, in the head, and through the opening 18. The slot 11, the perforation 21 and the cut-out 22 permit the thread to be drawn through at will and passed backwardly through the plate 10 for the purpose of threading the needle 12. The slot 11 is also positioned directly in front of the needle, or at such angular position in front of the needle as to permit the operator at all times to observe the needle through theslot 11, so that the plate 10 placed in front of the needle offers only a minimum obstruction of view, whereby the proper operation of the sewing machine and proper stitching is not materially interfered with. g

It will be understood that the exact formation of the plates 14 and 16, and the extent and curvature of the shoulder 17 will depend upon the structural features of the machine head to which the guard is designed to be attached. As there is considerable uniformity, however, in the make-up of sewing machine heads there will be comparatively small divergence from the design shown, which design however can be altered without departing from the spirit of the invention which resides in properly positionin of the slotted plate in front of the needle.

aving thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A finger guard for sewing machines, comprising a plate having a vertical slot terminating in an enlarged perforation at its upper end, and means to attach the plate to the head of a sewing machine with the slot positioned in front of the needle and the perforation positioned to permlt the passage of the thread for threading purposes.

2. A finger guard for sewing machines,

comprising a plate having a vertical slot with a perforation at its lower end, said perforation being cut out to the margin of the plate, and means to position the plate with the slot in front of the needle of the sewing machine and with perforation and cut-out properly positioned to facilitate in threading the machine.

3. A finger guard for sewing machines, comprising a plate having a vertical slot with an enlarged perforation communicating with the upper end of the slot and an enlarged perforation communicating with the lower end of the slot, said last mentioned enlarged perforation having a cut-out extending to the margin of the plate, and means to position the plate with the slot in front of the needle of the sewing machine and the perforations in position to accommodate the thread. 7

4. A finger guard for sewing machines, comprising a plate having a vertical slot with its lower end cut out to the margin of the plate at an angle to the slot, and means to position the plate with the slot in front of the needle of the sewing machine and the plane of the plate in substantial parallelism with the axis of the needle.

5. A finger guard for sewing machines, comprisingaplate having a vertical slot and a plate offset from the first mentioned plate providingmeans for securing the first mentioned plate to the head with the slot positioned in front of the needle. 7

6. The combination with a sewing machine having a thread slot in the front face of a sewing machine of the head thereof, a finger guard comprising a member spanning the thread slot and carrying an oifsetplate having a perforation there registering with the thread slot of the casing and continuing in a slot positioned in the front of a needle.

7. The combination with a sewing machine having a thread groove in the front face ofthe head thereof, of a plate spanning the thread groove and continuingby a depending inwardly offset plate having a perforation registering with the thread groove and continuing in a slot positioned in the front of the needle and a wing offset from one side of the plate.

8. A finger guard for sewing machines, comprising a plate having a vertical slot terminating in an enlarged perforation at its upper end. and enlarged perforation communicating with the lower end of the slot, said last mentioned enlarged perforation' having a cut-out extending to'the margin of the plate, means to secure the plate upon the face of thehead of the sewing machine whereb the plate is suspended from the head and is positioned tothe rear of the front face of the head to bring the plate adjacent the needle.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee, this 27th day of September, A. D. nineteen hundred and nineteen.

ADOLPH MISKE. [its] Witnesses: I

J. E. ELEY, l JOHN W. FARLEY. 

